CINT 908 POVERTY AND

INCOME ISSUES

CINT 908 Homelessness in Canadian Society

Life of Dignity for a family of 4?

Your Results

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LICO (2011) After Tax

Single (pop over 500,000) = $19,307/year or

$1608.92/month
Family of 4 (pop over 500,000) =
$36,504/year or $3042/month

32.2% of children (0-14yrs)

live below LICO in Toronto
City of Toronto, 2013

14.9% of Canadians
lived below LICO in
2011
Stats Can

Market Based Measure (2011)

Family of four (2 adults and 2 children):

Toronto Total = $38,313 a year or $3192.75 a

month

Minimum Wage ($11.00 on June 1st, 2014)

One Income Earner Full-Time

$11.00 * 35hrs per

week * 4.33 weeks
= $1667.05/month
or $20,004.60/year
5% Tax:
$1583.70/month or
$19,004.04/year

Two Income Earners Full-Time

$11.00 * 35hrs per

week * 4.33 weeks *
2 = $3334.10/month
or $40,009.20/year
10% Tax:
$3000.69/month or
$/36,008.28year

Ontario Works (Social Assistance as of

2014 1% increase)
A family of four with two children

Basics Needs Allowance = $463.00

Shelter Allowance = $710.00
Total before additional benefits = $1173/month or
$14,076/year (ODSP = $1792/month or $21,504/year)
IF they qualify, additional supports (our scenario):
- Child Tax Benefit: $227.83
- National Child Benefit Supplement: $348.75
- Ontario Child Benefit: $218.00
OW Asset Limit
- GST Credit: $62.25
(Family of Four):
$6,000.00
Maximum combined benefits: $856.83
Total Income = $2029.83/month or $24,357.96/year

Social Assistance (Single Person, 2014)

Ontario Works (OW)

Basics Needs
Allowance = $280
Shelter Allowance
= $376
Total $656/month
or $7872/year

Ontario Disability Support

Program (ODSP)

Basics Needs
Allowance = $619
Shelter Allowance
= $479
Total $1,098/ month
or $13,176/year

2009 Welfare Incomes for a single person Published by the National Council on Welfare.
Basic social
2009 Total
assistance p/T* Benefits GST credit p/T* Tax credits Income

Newfoundland and
Labrador (NL)

$8,085

Prince Edward Island (PE)

$6,661

$245

$6,906

Nova Scotia (NS)

$6,114

$245

$6,359

New Brunswick (NB)

$3,528

$245

$3,773

Quebec (QC)

$7,067

$245

$7,312

Ontario (ON)

$6,877

$245

Manitoba (MB)

$6,060

Saskatchewan (SK)

$8,316

$245

Alberta (AB)

$6,996

$245

British Columbia (BC)

$7,320

$35

$245

Yukon (YK)

$14,873

$155

$341

$15,369

Northwest Territories (NT)

$16,942

$374

$17,316

Nunavut (NU)

$43,452

$374

$43,826

$1,200

$510

$268

$40

$379

$245

$9,593

$7,501
$6,815

$219

$8,780
$7,241

$178

$7,778

National Council on Welfare (NCW)

The NCW published The Dollars and Sense of

Solving Poverty (2011)
The

poverty gap in Canada in 2007the money it

would have taken to bring everyone just over the
poverty linewas $12.3 billion. The total cost of
poverty that year was double or more using the most
cautious estimates.

The NCW was eliminated by the Federal

(Harper) Government in 2012

Nutritious Food Basket (Toronto 2014)

Age 37 woman = $41.56/wk

Age 37 male = $49.18/wk
Boy aged 13 = $39.81/wk
Girl aged 7 = $34.10/wk
Total = 164.65/wk
Or, $712.93/month
Or, $8,555.16 a year

Did you provide $712.93/month for food?

Life of Dignity for a family of 4?

Your Results

Various Measures

LICO = $3042
MBM = $3192.75
M.W. (1) = $1583.70
M.W. (2) = $3000.69
OW = $2029.83
ODSP = $2648.83

Did you provide $712.93/month for food?